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type: "Bill"
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title: "Funeral directors and embalmers."
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description: "Existing law, the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law, creates the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires a funeral director to obtain a separate license for each funeral establishment the director operates. Existing law allows the assignment of a funeral establishment's license upon payment of a fee and submission of an audit report performed by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant licensed in this state that verifies the accuracy of the establishment's trust fund balances and reports the establishment's compliance with certain provisions of the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law. Existing law requires any shortages in the trust funds to be funded in order for a funeral establishment's license to be assigned."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 374"
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citation: "California AB 374 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Funeral directors and embalmers."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2011-02-14"
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last_action: "2012-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f905bfd1-8e4b-4ffe-9bad-e07d2708b416"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374"
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source_hash: "c7714e4dc12e72e6c2e710b2da610126b8f24dcb13421a347f23dadf3b7a9244"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 374 (20112012) — Funeral directors and embalmers.
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Existing law, the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law, creates the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires a funeral director to obtain a separate license for each funeral establishment the director operates. Existing law allows the assignment of a funeral establishment's license upon payment of a fee and submission of an audit report performed by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant licensed in this state that verifies the accuracy of the establishment's trust fund balances and reports the establishment's compliance with certain provisions of the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law. Existing law requires any shortages in the trust funds to be funded in order for a funeral establishment's license to be assigned.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37499INT)
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2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37498AMD)
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3. **05/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37497AMD)
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4. **05/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37496AMD)
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5. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37495AMD)
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6. **06/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37494AMD)
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7. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37493AMD)
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8. **08/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37492AMD)
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9. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37490CHP)
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10. **AB374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374)
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11. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB374&version=20110AB37491ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB374 Hill By Price — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 374 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 374 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — **58–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hill — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-05-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 1719.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2012-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-08-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4637.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2012-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6404.)
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- **2012-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
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- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6610.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
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- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f905bfd1-8e4b-4ffe-9bad-e07d2708b416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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